in reality you will owe God, not what people want spoken into their lives, but an accurate account of what you spoke into their lives as directed by God and his infallible word.
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There will be times as a “preacher, minister , speaker , teacher “ (whatever label you like) that you will feel like you owe an explanation or even an excuse for passionately propagating the truth of God’s word .
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You don’t necessarily have to give up on what your trying to accomplish. Sometimes you just have to try to accomplish it at a different time or a different place with different people in your life.
Luke 6:45
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.” 4/4
Therefore the hidden treasure of our thoughts and the resounding power of what we are saying becomes the actions that we take. It just simply becomes who we are and eventually those words and thoughts are seen in our actions and our life. 3/4
Psalm 19:14 King James Version (KJV)
14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.
Can God “see” our words? If so can he also see what our heart “meditates” on?
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The things that we meditate or think about, those things eventually become ingrained in the fiber of who we are. At some point what we are thinking about becomes what we talk about or what we are communicating inevitably with our life. 2/4
If you have to relinquish ownership of yourself to enter into friendship with someone else then naturally you become their possession and not their friend. Friendship is not about controlling others it’s about comforting others.
If we say we believe one thing but on the other hand allow our children to do another without holding them accountable we are sending a message to them that the authority in their life or those accountable for teaching them is always wrong and what they want to do is always right
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It is then that you must either figure out how to shine light into the darkness where you are or find somewhere that your surroundings offer you hope .
1 of 2 When something, somewhere or someone strips you of your self respect, dignity, Conscience , peace or joy no matter how many “ bright spots” you see you will likely find yourself in a dark place .